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 * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
 *
 * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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package org.jboss.netty.handler.ipfilter;

import java.net.InetAddress;

/** This Interface defines an IpSet object. */
public interface IpSet {
    /**
     * Compares the given InetAddress against the IpSet and returns true if
     * the InetAddress is contained in this Rule and false if not.
     *
     * @return returns true if the given IP address is contained in the current
     *         IpSet.
     */
    boolean contains(InetAddress inetAddress1);
}
